By Mona Austin, The Slice Report (Manassas, VA) -- Prince William County in Virginia is leading the way in its response to the call for school's names to be changed from racist figures. On Monday night the name of the Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was stripped from a middle and high school by a unanimous school board vote. The middle school was renamed to honor an African American couple from Manassas. The late Celestine Braxton was an educator of over 30 years who led school integration efforts in the county starting at Marsteller Middle School. Her husband Carroll was one of the first African Americans in the U.S. Marines. The middle school will be called Unity Braxton Middle School. A beloved high school security guard, Arthur Reed is now the namesake for the upper gradesl, which will now be known as Unity Reed High School. Four years ago the school division attempted to change the name of the ...
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